Murder suspect's legal team files urgent court order following leaked prison video
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir defended the Prison Service’s treatment of Tsarafi in a statement responding to the public defender’s criticism.
Agam Tsarafi, a 19-year-old charged with murdering her former boyfriend, Benyahu Razi, has requested the Tel Aviv District Court intervene to halt the Israel Prison Service (IPS) from releasing additional footage of her. The court has not yet ruled on the urgent request. The video shows Tsarafi handcuffed and bent forward as masked officers escort her through a detention facility.
Her legal team, Public Defender Roi Politi, argues that the release humiliates a defendant not yet convicted and could harm her right to a fair trial. Tsarafi, alongside Shilat Huta and four minors, faces murder charges following a dispute that allegedly led to Razi's stabbing in a Jerusalem apartment in July. In response to the video's circulation, Politi filed a petition on Monday, challenging Tsarafi's detention conditions.
The court had initially given the IPS until Wednesday, September 23, to respond. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir defended the IPS's treatment of Tsarafi, claiming she had disrupted order and mistreated others. At the Jerusalem District Court, Tsarafi and Huta appeared remotely during their criminal proceedings, with Politi alleging the court received an incomplete account of the incident.
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